Mike Cash wrote:
No matter how reasoned, rational, or accurate a statement may be, there is an element of the population whose ears will automatically tune it out the moment it starts hearing those extraneous "likes". Probably something to do with it causing their estimation of the speaker's intelligence to drop about 70 IQ points. Even more if they can also see the person vigorously smacking their chewing gum at the same time.

duh its called writing in character. Most of my other posts don't have that kind of feel to them....right?(I hope so) Though I sometimes use the extraneous 'like'....and...I kind of use a lot more ellipses in a post that long.

I am aware of all that. I merely made an observation how some people view extraneous "likes".

hyperconjugated pertly chirped:
Mike, by the way, your posts
are good source for learning
new English vocabulary. Especially
for a non-native speaker.

Happy to help.

I suspect that there have been a few times some of the native speakers may have reached for a dictionary as well.

Last edited by Mike Cash on Sat 11.11.2006 5:27 am, edited 1 time in total.

I understood it as the second sentance. You're completely right..wow...I just got pwnted by big man...I don't think I'll ever wash that ego bruise ever...wait no its festering like a dream defered(woot Langston Hughes) I better take care of that before it becomes vengeful(I think thats a word)